čehulja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. By surface analysis, čèhati (“to tear off”) +‎ -ulja. Compare semantically German Süßdolde. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃěxuʎa/

Noun

čèhulja f (Cyrillic spelling чѐхуља)

  1. raceme, cluster of grapes with its fruits torn off
  2. cicely, Myrrhis spp. or Myrrhis odorata

Declension

Declension of čehulja
singular plural
nominative čèhulja čèhulje
genitive čèhulje čèhuljā
dative čèhulji čèhuljama
accusative čèhulju čèhulje
vocative čèhulje čèhulje
locative čèhulji čèhuljama
instrumental čèhuljom čèhuljama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “čehulja”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 123

Further reading

  • “čehulja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “čehulja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “čehulja”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 873
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